The Skinny 501(c)3 Workshop Series

The Data Cloud (Workshop#2)
Saturday, February 4, 2012
9:30am - 11:30am
Real People Media Center
12555 Taylor Road, Charlevoix


Think your nonprofit or small business can't afford state-of-the-art technology tools? Think again! 
In hard economic times, successful organizations learn to do more with less.


Our Skinny 501(c)3 workshop series will show you how you can have up-to-date tech and still spend your money on your mission not your tools.


During Workshop#2 blogger and IT pro Raechel Wright will teach you about the Data Cloud.   Learn how to use the big computers at Google or another IT company to store your information - For Free- where everyone who should can get to it from anywhere and where it will be backed up so you don't loose it when your hard drive crashes.

Charge for each workshop is $20.($15 for RPM members)  Come to one, some, or all -- pick the topics that interest you.  Bring your laptop with you if you want a hands-on experience.

We'll provide the coffee, snacks, and encouragement.

To register, call Real People Media 231-838-6460 or send us an email.

The Skinny 501c3 series will show you how you can get great tools for next to nothing.  

Topics for Future Workshops

• Use electronic media to reach your members and customers
• Make phone calls -- even overseas calls -- for free
• Publish electronic newsletters
• Choose a reliable, low-cost computer 
• Track donors, customers, vendors, and everything else
• Get your word out through Facebook, Twitter, and other social media
• Use the "cloud" to safely share and store your information
• Publish a book
• Host your website for free
• Accept online donations by credit card
• Send and receive faxes without the fax machine
• Take advantage of QR codes
• Have video conference calls
• Purchase software for pennies on the dollar
• And much more!

  

Capturing the Community on Video

Charlevoix High School students, Robert Hovie and Daniel Leusink are videotaping stories and cultural events from the Charlevoix area to share with the community via UpNorthTV (Charter Cable Channel 97) and the Internet.  For the next three months, the high school seniors are completing their internship experience with Real People Media (RPM), They  each spend 5 hours a week working at RPM and have recently recorded programs sponsored by the Charlevoix Public Library.    RPM welcomes ideas and suggestions from the community for future programs.

There's Still Time to Make Your 2011 Gift!

Members of the East Jordan Shoe
Club prepare for an interview

To our Friends at the North Pole:

We have been very good this year. Real People Media is grateful this Holiday Season for the help and support our friends and sponsors have shown us this past year.We are also proud of our accomplishments and are looking forward to another great year helping people produce high-quality videos of art and cultural events in our area. Real People Media is asking you to make a contribution to help us continue our community work.

Our needs are modest, and our wish list is straightforward.  We primarily need computers to expand our editing suites and video cameras to use for both training and to expand our equipment lending library.  We are committed to our mission of giving everyone a voice, but we can’t do it without you.

It’s been an exciting year.  Real People Media has conducted  Animation and Documentary Video Workshops for teenagers, hosted Faces of Northern Michigan, a photography show, presented a winter film and discussion series, and help individuals produce video programs celebrating northern Michigan.

Members of the Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa attend a December screening
of the documentary, The Thick Dark Fog,
a film on Indian Boarding Schools at
the RPM Theater

Please help us to continue our work and expand our programs this coming year.  Your tax-deductible gift to Real People Media will enable us to provide video instruction and equipment to communities in northern Michigan and beyond.

With gratitude,
The Real People Media Team